Turpentine apron



Dec. 2, 1930. 1. o. HUxFoRD TURPENTINE AVPRGN Filed VJuly 9, 1929INVENTOR. J0. acfff'af BY- l@ @W ATTORNEY.v

a neeti'on withy pinetrees,v and has for itjsolol;l jectto `j provide adeviceA` of this L ccharacterY v which may be easily' and quickly;applied to 'tree,'`and constructed in aV mannenwlierebyf Patented Dec.2, i930 j man o. nuxronmpr PERRY, rromnn 'rUnPiinTiNEvArRoN i iApplication" inea my a, A1929i'V fjsriai. Na razfjs,e52.V f

l The inventionr'elates to aprons used in' con-fthe turpentine will -bevvcaused vto `flowyinto va device.V i i v 1 'A further Object@ aprendean proa which may be easily and quickly applied to y a tree-"withoutmaterially marring ther/"reeV as isthe` present practice andconstructed'- rom hingedlyfconnected sections whereby the device may beattached to trees of Various diameters. Y s I l A further object is toprovide the upper edges of the hingedly connected sections with.

anges terminating in sharpened edges adapted to be `iorced in the barkof a tree Vfor forming a leak prooi connection and said sections withimbedded in t j securely holding the apron in position. I

hingedly connected together, the other flanges A further object is toprovide aV turpentine apron comprising hingedly` connected sec tionsadapted to be angularly disposed in re-j lation to each other, saidsections being formed from rigid angle members having one of theirlangessharpened and their endsV extending downwardly 'and having ductile`sheet metal members connected thereto and forming means for deflectingthe sap into a cup supported by one of said sections. Also to provideplercing members extendingthrough the downwardly extending flanges ofthe angle members and adapted tobe im- Y bedded ina tree.'V

-through Va' portion? Vapron applied 'theretol pliercing members adaptedto be n e bark and wood of the tree Jlor sitioned .whereby l disposedabovet ecup.

lits; discharge ad Vwill be.

" ith,theaboveffandotherobjectsin view l theinventionjresidesin'thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth,l

i I shown in'the drawing, described andclaimedj turpentine cuppreferably supported by itv being understood that changes lin the `pre-`lcise embodiment* of the invention Ymaybe made within the' scope of whatis claimed without ,departingfrom the spiritoi the inventionL-f" Y 7 Inthedrawing: Y -v j Figure lis aperspectivefview `of the apronandcupisupportedthereby. j Figure-2 is a verticalftransverse sectional serviewthrough the apron'` and cup taken'on une sfeer-Figure 1;,

Figure is a horizontal sectional View of `a tree", 'showing the- Figure'Alisa'detail 'perspective view of the'i adjacentnends of vthe hingedsections Y showing the same-in position tobeassembledlReferringtothe-drawing the numeralV l designates a pine tree and 2thebark there-7?"` of. AtV the Vpresent time when oupsv 3 are f appliedto Aja `tree the treejis materially marred andoften damage'dand -toobviatethis difficulty ltherp'resent device ips-primarily dej signed.;VThefapro'nlis formed from sections j ,4 .and5\whi`chsections. areJhingedly con-v nected togetherl at; 6I Vwhereby the sections may`beplaced` 'atvarious' angular positions y tions 4 and 5 comprise angle.bars 7 and sheet fmetalfmembersand9 secured bymeans of Vrivets 1 0 tothe depending "flanges llo the angular members 7.l `The flanges 12 ofthe angle members are providedV with `sharpened according tothecurvature of thetree.' Sec-v bark to a minimuma The adjacent ends of jtheilanges'lZ'extend beyond the ends of the barszand Varefoverlajiipedlas shown in Figurev 1,: thereby. allowing hinged movement of 1 thesections in relation to each other. Extending through the flanges 11 areadjustablef bolts 14 vheld in adjusted position by means of the nuts"15,and which bolts are provided with sharpened ends 16 adapted to piercethe tree 1 beneath the bark 2 for holding the apron in position. It willbe noted that the overlapping ear 16 of the section 5 is angularlydisposed, therefore it will be seen that when the device is in positionon the treethe sections will incline downwardly and inwardly toward thehinging point 6 whereby the sap will flow over the apron, and in thecase of the section 4 over the sheet metal member S into the cup 3. Inthe case of the member 5 the sap will flow over said member ontothesheet metal trough meinber 9, and then will flow in the direction of thearrow a into the cup 3; Thisis made possible by the extension `.of themember 9 beyond the angular member and between the spaced ends Vof thevanglemembers 7 as clearly shown in Figure 1. By embedding the iangeslfZin the bark a' leak `proof connection is` formed between the apron andthe tree, therefore it will be seen that loss incident to leakage isobviated. v

Extending downwardly from the inner side of the sheet metalumember y8are the arms 17 of the U-shaped cup supporting members 18, and it willbe noted that the arms 17 are inwardly offset. Therefore when the apronis in position as clearly shown in Figure 2, the member 8 will inclinedownwardly and outwardly inrelationto the tree, thereby positioning themember -8 where' the sap will flow intothe cup 3. At theconnecting pointbetween the sections the sheet metal member 8 is preferably providedVwith an angularly shaped extension 19, which is pliable, and whichmember 19 overlies the rear side of the end 20 of the memberY 9 foraddi-A tionally forming deflectingmeans for vthe sap..

From the above it will be seen that a turpentine tree apron is Vprovidedwhich is simple 1n construction7 may be easily and quickly applied to atree without materially marring the tree and the device may be cheaplymanufactured and sold. 1f desired,l turpentine cups 3 of various shapesmay be used and may be supported in any` suitablemanner fo-r thereception of sap directed therein by the apron. Y

The inventionhaving been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. The combination with a tree7 of a sap apron, said apron comprisinghingedly connected sections, said sectionshaving sharpened angesembedded in the tree for substantially their full length, piercingmembers carried by the sections and adapted to be embedded in the treebeyond the depth of the bark of the tree, a sap cup carried by one ofsaid sections and sap deflecting means carried .4

by both of said sections and formingimeans whereby sap is deflected intosaid cup.

2. The combination with a tree, ofv a sap apron, said apron comprisinghingedly conhinged sections, the inner ends of said deilecting membersbeing overlapped adjacent the hinging point, a sap cup beneath onerofsaid sections, one of said deflecting member ends being trough shapedand disposed above one end of the cup, AU-shaped supportingbracketscarried by one of the sections and supporting the cup, saidbracket being inwardly offset whereby when engaging a tree theapron'sections will` inc-line downwardly and outwardly. f

In testimonywhereof he hereunto e1-Hines signature.

meno. HUXFORD.

